Tim Finin (finin@cs.umbc.edu)
Fri, 06 Aug 1999 14:32:48 -0400
The general site (http://www.neweconomyindex.org/) has a lot
of interesting information. They say...
In The New Economy Index, we provide a new set of economic
indicators, gathered from existing public and private data, to
illustrate fundamental structural changes in the U.S. economy,
to show what those changes mean in the lives of working
Americans, and to measure the nation's progress in several key
foundation areas for future economic growth.
The indicators in The New Economy Index are divided into three
groups. The first group tracks some of the elemental structural
changes that collectively mark the transition to the New
Economy: industrial and occupational change, globalization, the
changing nature of competition and economic dynamism, and
progress of the information technology (IT) revolution. The
second group examines the implications of this transition for
working Americans: what is happening to incomes and
economic growth, jobs, and employment dynamics. The third
group assesses the nation's performance in terms of three
main foundations for growth of the New Economy: the pace of
transition into a digital economy, investment by business and
government in technology and innovation, and progress on the
development of education and skills.
--From: John Pinkston <pinkston@cs.umbc.edu> ... From: William Aspray <aspray@cra.org> Subject: study results on the New Economy
I am writing to mention a recently published report, entitled "The State New Economy Index", which you might find of interest. The report can be viewed online at www.neweconomyindex.org/states.
There has been talk of a "New Economy" emerging in the United States over the past fifteen years, characterized by altered industrial and occupational order, heightened entrepreneurism and competition, and globalization. This New Economy is widely regarded as being closely tied to computer and communications technologies.
The report, which was prepared by the Progressive Policy Institute, ranks individual states on 17 indicators involving "knowledge jobs," globalization, economic dynamism, the "digital economy," and innovation capacity. You can learn how your state measures up. - **See http://igec.umbc.edu/ectech/ for info on the ecTech mailing list.**
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